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That would be good too, but wouldn't foster teamwork in the way a 'team league' would. It would probably regress to the point where it's in every C-player's interest to sit back in goal and let their more experienced players battle for the win.
I don't know if newer players actually want it, but a team format would allow for A/B players to mentor their C teammate and hopefully help them improve as a team player rather than as an individual... There's still the danger of the above happening, but less so because you'd be spending a period of months playing together and the C-player would become more important/valuable over time.
We could also weight either format so that goals are worth differing amounts according to A/B/C ranking which would hopefully encourage C-players to get more involved all over the court rather than getting dumped in goal.
Could be a bit of a ballache to manage though.